Daniel W. Drezner says Hugo Chavez, unwitting friend to America helps us quite a bit. He cites poll numbers that his neighbors can't stand his meddling in their local affairs. Drezner wrongly, in my view, conflates anti-Chavez sentiment with anti-American sentiment. I believe, you can hate the man and not love America. Just because they hate Chavez meddling in their domestic affairs does not mean they will reverse course on their feelings about America. I think he's being a little flippant which is fine, but I wish he'd make that more clear. I have a hard time thinking he's stating this plainly as a credible idea.
Quarantine 2008 has ended
Fair warning: possibly graphic post and not for the squeamish. So it all started Friday night. Wife and I had a long day (as usual) and had finally finished with dishes, laundry and the rest of the normal daily grind. The baby had been fussy most of the day and had spit up here and there. Mostly we thought it had been switching from formula to milk which can sometimes cause this type of thing. By the time kid #4 rolls around you tend to let these things slide. If this were #1 we'd have called in a medivac at the first sign of vomiting in a 1 year old. He finally calmed down and we got him off to sleep. We watched a bit of The Wire and retired (very) late. About 10 minutes later #2 wakes up crying complaining of a stomach ache. I ask if he has to go to the bathroom and he says no, it's not that. His stomach really hurts. OK, into my bed and I'll get the heating pad for a bit. We get him settled and he calms down. Knowing that he tends towards the dramatic, I s...
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